Show Notes
Right wing nationalist UBP’s Ersin Tatar finished the race as winner with 51.7% against 48.3% after a difficult and polarized second round. Pro-federal solution and outgoing leader Mustafa Akinci lost his seat and announced ending his political career after Turkey’s open and direct involvement in favour of winning Tatar. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Kemal Baykallı and Andromachi Sophocleous provide a detailed analysis on the reasons of Tatar’s win and the immediate outcomes of this election.
00.00 Introduction and presentation of results
01.43 Presenting the candidates’ positions
Five reasons why Akinci lost and Tatar won
02:51 Reason 1: Failure of solution process in Crans Montana
07:42 Reason 2: Economic dependence of the Turkish Cypriots
08:52 Reason 3: Negative climate, closure of crossings and demos
13:57 Reason 4: How Turkey involved heavily
19:00 Reason 5: Party politics and UBP’s expectancy to lead the new coalition
Four outcomes
21:00 Outcome 1: Finally enhancing pro-solution left wing
22:22 Outcome 2: A new generation of politically motivated youth
24:12 Outcome 3: Polarization of urban votes vs rural votes
25:47 Outcome 4: Resistance of Turkish Cypriots against intervention
One observation
28:00 How GC leadership will reposition itself
